TechZing

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271: TZ Discussion - The Superintelligent Future Nov 15, 2014

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Justin and Jason discuss the summit and the prospect of hosting another one, whether growing the show would be possible or even make a difference, whether World War III could stop a rising population, how HP’s Thermal Inkjet printing is going 3D and how Google is developing cancer and a heart attack detector, Amazon Echo, the prospects for AI in the near term and the risks of achieving superintelligence, how Scientists made a telepathy breakthrough, the latest on Operation Superhero and the SAID principle, Justin's diet and why he loves Space Nutrients, Jason's new rules for Colby's computer time and his recent tour of a local all-girls school, the latest with the math team, Justin's private preschool future and what's up with Jason's various projects.

270: TZ Discussion - Pricing for the Apocalypse Oct 22, 2014

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Justin and Jason discuss the TZ summit, the prospect of establishing a colony on Mars and what that process might look like, the prospect of an Ebola pandemic, betting on black swans and counterparty risk, why the TV show Lost was unable to close so many of it's story lines, the idea for a productivity app modeled after Lost's Swan computer, Justin's vintage terminal app and his new cardio solution, what motivates people to change themselves, whether Justin has any regrets about selling Pluggio, why Jason gets satisfaction from helping other people and why he's more excited about teaching the math class than any of his other projects, the fake legend of Walter O’Brien and Scorpion, the This American Life episode The Super, The Cracked Podcast, the upcoming content sites Nautilus, Quartz, Medium and Svbtle, productivity and anti-productivity habits, the apps Self Control, HabitRPG and EpicWin, an update on Operation Superhero, what happened to Jason's screenplay concept, the latest with the math class, why Jason put learning electrical engineering on pause and the progress being made by MVCC.

269: TZ Discussion - Ass To Grass Oct 13, 2014

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Justin and Jason discuss the upcoming summit, the latest on Disco, Justin's life with a newborn, the summit's super sponsors, MV Code Club’s new location and possible sources of growth capital, how the brain can classify words during sleep and how people think more creatively when they walk, the book A Whack on Side of the Head, hitting the reset button in your brain, Jason's progress on operation Superhero, Justin's workout and non-diet diet, Justin's favorite new tech site SciTechDaily, why Colby tanked his spelling test, Justin's idea for a baby rocker that simulates a drive in a car, the fact that "luck surface area" is going to be in yet another book – "You:Rebranded", the SyNAPSE Chip by IBM Mimics Brain and the mobile web app that Jason has been developing to monitor and manage Uber's real-time systems.

Summit Super Sponsors

Glenn Bennett / 250 big ones
Aaron Night / 250 big ones

268: TZ Interview - Dr. Doug McGuff / Body by Science Sep 30, 2014

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Justin and Jason speak with Dr. Doug McGuff about his book, Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week.

A special shoutout goes to Andy Chamberlain who emailed Justin with a heads up about Doug and the Body by Science protocol.

267: TZ Interview - Gabriel Weinberg / Traction Book Sep 17, 2014

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Justin and Jason talk with Gabriel Weinberg, founder of DuckDuckGo, about his new book Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers.

Gabriel also appears in the following TechZing shows:

266: TZ Discussion - Sleepless in Pasadena Sep 02, 2014

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Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new baby and all of the related complications, an update on Jason's weight-loss and fitness program and why he's so skeptical of Justin's 15-minutes-per-week workout, the new pullout math class for the 5th-grade math team, an update on Jason's effort to learn electronics and how he couldn't get Anki or Mnemosyne to display equations, the progress on the God’s Tweets iPhone app, why Empath has stalled out, how MV Code Club is all set to open a new location, and the status of the Battle Math card game.

265: TZ Discussion - Going Beta with Disco Aug 09, 2014

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Justin and Jason discuss the movie Guardians of the Galaxy and the show Halt and Catch Fire, why they both like the post-apocalyptic genre, the final dates for the TechZing Summit, a progress report on Operation Superhero, Justin's "audacious goal" of starting a funk band, why Jason thinks Derek Sivers is wrong about keeping your goals to yourself, Jason's electrical engineering learning experiment and his idea of posting his notes and problem solutions to the web using CircuitLab and MathJax, what is was about Stanford's Neurogrid project that inspired Jason to learn electronics, how Jason's MightyHive convertible note actually converted into equity and how his angel investment, MV Code Club, is opening a second location, the latest on Disco, why Justin enjoys doing devops using Salt, how Jason and Sandy are going to be teaching Algebra to 5th graders this year and Jason's plans for the Battle Math card game, a contrarian view of MITx, Parkinson’s Law, whether it makes more sense to join an established but growing tech company or to just apply to YC, why Justin sold his Soylent, Jason's recent physical and Lightbot – the app / game that teaches basic programming concepts.

264: TZ Discussion - Jason 2.0 Jul 26, 2014

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Justin and Jason discuss Jason's ambitious health and fitness plan, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s six rules of success, why Jason has decided to pursue his two long-time athletic goals of bench pressing 315 lbs and of dunking a basketball, Karch Kiraly’s athletic transformation at the age of 44, a few of the top vertical jump programs, the 42-year who added 9 inches to his vertical, the before and after videos of the kid who transformed himself into a dunking machine, Jason's “before” video of his vertical jump, the vertical jump calculation, Justin's exercise and diet plan and why he wants a picture of Elon Musk next to his bed, how 40's can be the new 20's, the TechZing Summit, the latest on Disco and why ownership is split equally among the founders, Jason's life hack for learning electrical engineering and the progress he's made so far, why your perceived limitations are almost all just in your mind, why Elon Musk is so successful, the girl who made it to the finals of America Ninja Warrior, how Colby learned to program in RobotC in his summer school class, the latest on Jason's angel investment in the Mill Valley Code Club, the awesome job that Phillip Monet has done with the TechZing Wiki, Jason's idea for doing a monthly TZ meetup in San Francisco, developing content for Empath, why God's Tweets got rejected from the App Store and whether your life really changes that much after having a baby.

263: TZ Discussion - From Zero to Hero Jul 12, 2014

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Justin and Jason discuss Justin's upcoming trip to Mexico, their new low-sugar / high-protein diet and HIIT training regime, the TechZing Summit, how Justin has STILL not received hisSoylent, Jason's interview on Bootstrapped with Kids, how Jason found a personal instructor to teach him electrical engineering, the latest on Jason's math card game – Battle Math, why his iPhone project got rejected by the App Store, his recent visit to the Mill Valley Code Club and what's happening with Empath, the latest with Disco and why Justin likes SaltStack, why most people will initially mock and dismiss audacious goals, but later be inspired by them, and how a season of "Daddy Ball" has lit a fire in Colby and why that's a good thing.

262: TZ Tech Chat - Derrick Reimer / Rob Walling / Drip Jul 03, 2014

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Justin talks to Derrick Reimer and Rob Walling about the Drip tech stack.

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